Drōll'er-y, n.
n. [Fr. drôlerie. See supra.]
Sense 1. The quality of being droll; that which makes sport; sportive tricks; buffoonery; amusing stories; fun; comicality. “The rich drollery of ‘She Stoops to Conquer.’” Macaulay.
Sense 2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as, (a.) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] Shak. (b.) A lively or comic picture.
I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton, where it now hangs. Evelyn.